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The empress of the isles; or, The lake bravo. : A romance of the Canadian struggle in 1837
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Rare Books
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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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"S.E. Beck"--lower right corner of the print. "Printed in Great Britain"--small type, lower left corner, along the margin. "1951"--on verso, in ms., in pencil, lower right corner. The Empress of Scotland was the second Candian Pacific vessel with this name; originally she was named the Empress of Japan, but was renamed Empress of Scotland in 1942 following the attack on Pearl Harbor; returned to CP in 1948 and refurbished; sold by CP to Hamburg-Atlantic Line in 1958 and renamed Hanseatic. The Empress of Canada was the second Candian Pacific vessel with this name; originially named the Duchess of Richmond, she was requisition for trooping duties in 1940; returned to CP in 1946, refurbished and renamed Empress of India, which was changed in 1947 before first voyage to Empress of Canada; she burned in Liverpool in 1953, and later scrapped. Focus of item: Empress of Scotland.
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Artists: Beck, S.E. Publishers: Waterlow & Sons Limited Companies: Canadian Pacific
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